virginia politics

A lot of people shocked that Governor Youngkin is going full Trump n his first week in office, including setting up a phone tip line for people to report on teachers who are teaching "Offensive" material. Younking ran as a moderate and pulled off a huge con Now Virginia will suffer for it...

In refreshing news, VA has elected it's first GOP Governor since the 2009 election. Glenn Youngkin defeated Terry McAuliffe, who had previously served as Governor from 2014-2018. McAuliffe was joined on the campaign trail by none other than Obama....but still fell short. How did this happen? A...

https://www.apnews.com/6168796d8f1140a7bb3c3a88c990253c I like this part. What happens in closed door committee meetings is much different than the dog and pony shows that take place in public hearings. This will do nothing to prevent crime or save lives. Or perhaps hi-cap mags in VA will be...

Looks like Virginia Governor Northam's yearbook has a picture of him in either a KKK outfit or in blackface. Wonder how this escaped notice through all these elections? https://twitter.com/virginianpilot/status/1091444446183477248

In Virginia this time; his name is Nathan Larson and he has run pro-pedophilia message boards, as well as one for "incels" which advocates "making the jailbaits our rape-slaves" as a solution to their frustrations. This Huffington Post article contains a few quotes from some of his posts and...

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost in the primary to David Brat, an economics professor at Randolph-Macon College. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cantor-may-just-lose-his-primary-fight-with-tea-partier Discuss. :popcorn1

Va. lawmaker to resign, paving way for jobs for self, daughter, according to associates Is this legal? It stinks to high heaven.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mike-dickinson-fox-not-candidate Or are they just really awful at reporting facts? I report, you decide!

Bob McDonnell, Wife Indicted On Federal Corruption Charges This is going to be an interesting case on many levels. I have no real opinion of him as a politician other than his disgusting disdain for women. He always seemed like someone out of a movie about a governor. Involving his wife has...

For months, Cuccinelli didn’t know of McDonnell allegations, campaign says Sounds fishy. Does any of this make sense? There's more in the article. Rather than be kept in a news-free bubble, I would think that the Attorney General and candidate to replace the governor would want to be kept...

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This is just plain nuts. http://www2.insidenova.com/news/2011/dec/29/va-gop-require-loyalty-oath-presidential-primary-ar-1574984/ It's all good and well according to Virginia election law. I don't know if the law is unconstitutional or violates any federal statute, but I hope that someone...

Eugene Delgaudio is, unfortunately, an elected official of Loudoun County Board of Supervisors in Virginia. HE is also a raving homophobic idiot. Lately he sent out a fun raising letter that included the following: more It's funny his name is Eugene as he looks like Eugene from Rydell High.

Virginia’s attorney general Ken Cuccinelli has come out and publicly stated that the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment doesn’t apply to gays. While the basic premise might be true, it fails based on a simple “so-what?” The beuty of our constitution is that we don’t have to rewrite...

Unless you can come up with another reason to celebrate the losing side of a war in which one side seceded from the Union to protect owning other people. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/07/AR2010040704411.html Isn't it painfully obvious that this is a political...

There are three big elections today that will inevitably be termed a referendum on Obama and the Democrats, although of course that's something of a stretch. The elections are for Virginia Governor, New Jersey Governor, and a special election for New York's 23rd congressional district. What...

It'll be interesting to see if this shakes up the Virginia election: Full: Washington Post

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I am cautiously optimistic.

Senator George Allen, Virginia Republican, called S.R. Sidarth, a volunteer on opponent Jim Webb's campaign, "Macaca" during an event Friday. The senator's campaign said that Allen did not know that "Macaca" refer to monkeys. Sidarth was filming Allen, a standard campaign practice that...

Are the libertarians starting to worry about the Republican morals police yet? http://democracyforvirginia.typepad.com/democracy_for_virginia/2005/01/legislative_sen.html This is a proposed law for the state of Virginia, by Republican Delegate John Cosgrove.